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Carlos Juarez is a Summer Associate at Mayer Brown LLP and current J.D. candidate at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

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Last week, SIFMA released its annual Capital Markets Fact Book, which reports comprehensive data on capital markets activity generally.  The U.S. equity markets represent 42.6% of the $115 trillion global equity markets, with the second largest market, the EU, accounting for 11%.  U.S. ECM activity saw an increase of 39.9% year-over-year, with $139.1 billion raised…

Confidence in the IPO market is growing.  In the first six months of 2024, the IPO market has had its best start since the market boom of 2021, with approximately $20 billion raised in IPOs, according to a recent Bloomberg report.  Bloomberg reported three IPOs over $1 billion completed in the first half of 2024…

The PIPE market has proven to be resilient during times of stress.  In 2023, issuers raised over $33.8 billion in 809 PIPE transactions according to PrivateRaise.  This is considerably less than in 2021 during which issuers raised over $108.8 billion.  However, PIPE transaction activity has accelerated during the first five months of 2024.  Between…

Following the financial sector disruptions in 2023, financial institutions turned first to covered bonds for funding and the covered bond market demonstrated its resilience.  Just as the covered bond market remained available through the financial crisis in 2008 through 2010, it remained a safe harbor in recent times.  Now, four continents (in addition to Europe)…

Introduced under Title III of the JOBS Act, Regulation Crowdfunding (“Regulation CF”) was promulgated to allow startups and emerging companies to raise capital from a wider pool of investors through equity crowdfunding platforms.  Regulation Crowdfunding allows non-accredited investors to invest through these platforms.  Currently, a company may raise up to $5 million in a 12-month…

On May 1, 2024, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Committee submitted its accredited investor definition recommendations to the SEC.  Currently, an investor may qualify as an accredited investor by meeting certain professional criteria (i.e., FINRA Series 7, 65, or 82 licenses), or by meeting certain financial thresholds, including (1) a net worth of over…

On March 4, 2024, JD Supra recognized Anna Pinedo as a Top Author for securities law topics as part of its 2024 Client Choice Awards. This is the second year in a row and fourth time Anna has received this distinction in this category.

Over 70,000 authors publish content on JD Supra. The Client Choice…

As we previously blogged, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB) recently published its Annual Report (the “Report”), which includes data on public offerings undertaken between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 provided by the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.  Companies raised approximately…

In its Annual Report (the “Report”), the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB) provides data on the reliance by private and public companies on exempt offerings to raise capital.  Based on data provided by the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, between July 1, 2022 and…

On November 22, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has issued an order to postpone the effective date of its final share repurchase disclosure rule (the “Share Repurchase Final Rule”).  The Share Repurchase Final Rule, which we previously discussed on this blog, requires quantitative and qualitative disclosure of share repurchases on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, depending on…